They were and are both teachers and as result Judge Williams’ has had the privilege of being brought up in areas such as Te Whetū, Kāwhia, Pātea and Rūātoki. It was as a result of attending Primary School in Rūātoki that he learnt to speak Māori before he was then sent to Auckland to attend Boarding School at Mt Albert Grammar School where he was one of two boys who studied Māori in what was a boys only school with a population of 1,200.
TIME APPLICATION NO. SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP12 10:00AM AP-20250000008537 19/93 Ona Ria
Hurkmans
Ruatoki A Section 25 - Injunction
against any person in respect of any
actual threatened trespass or other
injury to any Māori land or Māori
Reservation (Respondent: Matiu
Amoroa)
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Strengthening community relationships
The Taitokerau Māori Land Court has fur-
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Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords
River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906)
The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to
the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of
Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
